The Top Five most unconventional developing hockey nations

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Photo: Hershey Bears forward and Washington Capitals prospect Nathan Walker (#79) is the first player NHL-drafted player from the country of Australia (courtesy of Minas Panagiotakis/Icon Sportswire)


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Hockey is predominantly popular in the colder, northern climates of the world. However, the fastest game on earth knows no bounds. It’s not just played by the kids in Toronto, Minneapolis, or Stockholm anymore–hockey players are coming from all over.

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Some of this growth has been fostered by the NHL itself where we are now seeing an influx of new hockey hotbeds sprouting up in California, Arizona, and Florida – all southern markets that as little as a generation ago were hockey wastelands with no grassroots interest.… read more

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